EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1939

United States · 2,203,464 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary54,900—
#2Barbara37,257—
#3Patricia29,701—
#4Betty23,639—
#5Shirley20,447—
#6Carol20,166—
#7Nancy19,723—
#8Judith16,625↑4
#9Dorothy15,169↓1
#10Margaret14,949↓1
#11Joan14,143↓1
#12Joyce13,394↓1
#13Sandra11,970↑1
#14Carolyn11,290↑1
#15Linda10,713↑16
#16Helen10,420↓3
#17Janet10,120↓1
#18Elizabeth9,709↓1
#19Marilyn9,538—
#20Donna9,371—
#21Virginia9,227↑1
#22Ruth9,062↓1
#23Sharon9,014↑7
#24Janice8,778—
#25Beverly8,706↓7
#26Frances8,577↓3
#27Martha8,493↓1
#28Judy8,081↑13
#29Doris7,687↓4
#30Phyllis7,590↓2
#31Alice7,365↓2
#32Jean7,292↓5
#33Ann6,551↓1
#34Peggy6,050↑1
#35Lois6,034↓2
#36Gloria5,939—
#37Marie5,890—
#38Norma5,827↓4
#39Karen5,541↑11
#40Evelyn5,332↓2
#41Geraldine5,160↑4
#42Rose5,040↓3
#43Anna4,929↓3
#44Susan4,887↑27
#45Elaine4,785↓3
#46Jane4,771↓2
#47Carole4,679↓1
#48Kathleen4,656↑10
#49Catherine4,577↓1
#50Wanda4,557↓1
#51Diane4,340↑13
#52Sally4,244↑2
#53Joanne4,225↑4
#54Annie4,155↓7
#55Mildred4,137↓3
#56Patsy4,111↓1
#57Joann3,994↑11
#58Dolores3,980↓15
#59Louise3,956—
#60Marjorie3,907↓7
#61Bonnie3,887↑4
#62Sylvia3,870↓6
#63Eleanor3,810↓3
#64Marlene3,773↓13
#65Loretta3,769↓3
#66Charlotte3,739↑4
#67Ruby3,712↓6
#68Sarah3,671↓1
#69Arlene3,578↓6
#70Jo3,524↑8
#71Roberta3,409↑2
#72Jacqueline3,388↓3
#73Gail3,355↑4
#74Irene3,331↓2
#75Darlene3,287↑1
#76Kay3,260↑5
#77Juanita3,212↑3
#78Rita3,188↓4
#79Delores3,018↓4
#80Ellen3,005↑9
#81Edna2,904↑1
#82Jeanette2,893↑9
#83June2,867↓4
#84Josephine2,837↓1
#85Anne2,769↓1
#86Brenda2,756
#87Wilma2,701↓2
#88Thelma2,696↓2
#89Emma2,685↑7
#90Yvonne2,648
#91Julia2,635
#92Sue2,623
#93Rosemary2,612↑2
#94Theresa2,611↓2
#95Lorraine2,593↓2
#96Florence2,592↓7
#97Anita2,588↑2
#98Audrey2,569↓11
#99Lillian2,551↓11
#100Ethel2,496↓6

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert59,666—
#2James59,636—
#3John51,025—
#4William42,071—
#5Richard35,386—
#6Charles30,789—
#7David25,360↑1
#8Donald24,056↓1
#9Thomas22,129—
#10Ronald19,837—
#11George17,886—
#12Joseph17,722—
#13Kenneth14,715↑1
#14Larry14,532↑2
#15Edward14,427↓2
#16Jerry13,729↑1
#17Paul13,337↓2
#18Michael10,828↑3
#19Gerald10,057—
#20Frank9,991↓2
#21Gary9,684↑1
#22Raymond9,252↓2
#23Harold8,299—
#24Billy7,474—
#25Walter7,322↑1
#26Jack7,306↓1
#27Joe7,189↑1
#28Roger7,155↑3
#29Bobby7,057↓2
#30Carl6,593↓1
#31Henry6,561↓1
#32Arthur6,380—
#33Willie6,308↑1
#34Dennis6,212↑15
#35Ralph5,959—
#36Lawrence5,882—
#37Eugene5,869↓4
#38Daniel5,797↑1
#39Wayne5,653↑1
#40Fred5,538↓2
#41Albert5,477↓4
#42Roy5,156↓1
#43Jimmy4,753↑2
#44Norman4,742↓1
#45Harry4,661↓1
#46Peter4,639↑2
#47Howard4,613↓5
#48Anthony4,610↓2
#49Louis4,224↓2
#50Earl3,896—
#51Melvin3,853↑3
#52Marvin3,758—
#53Francis3,721↓2
#54Leonard3,711↑3
#55Ernest3,688—
#56Don3,589↓4
#57Stanley3,570↑2
#58Douglas3,564↑2
#59Dale3,531↓3
#60Clarence3,482↓2
#61Leroy3,388—
#62Johnny3,371↑1
#63Samuel3,254↓1
#64Bruce3,233↑2
#65Stephen3,176↑9
#66Philip3,174↓2
#67Bill3,161—
#68Herbert3,097—
#69Gene3,014↓4
#70Alfred2,990↓1
#71Frederick2,972—
#72Allen2,928↑1
#73Russell2,833↓3
#74Ray2,709↓2
#75Jim2,636↑6
#76Bernard2,624↓1
#77Tommy2,622—
#78Lee2,589↑2
#79Patrick2,530↑9
#80Jimmie2,524↓4
#81Eddie2,511↓2
#82Gordon2,508↓4
#83Terry2,444↑3
#84Andrew2,440↓2
#85Alan2,330↑6
#86Leon2,327↓1
#87Glenn2,303↓4
#88Clifford2,290↑1
#89Bob2,244↑5
#90Theodore2,196↓6
#91Martin2,192↓4
#92Phillip2,175↑3
#93Jerome2,153—
#94Floyd2,094↑2
#95Lloyd2,087↓3
#96Edwin2,063↓6
#97Tom2,028
#98Curtis2,012
#99Jesse2,010
#100Vernon1,994